Combination article holder



May 29, 1928. 1,671,555

J. SKULTETY COMBINATION ARTICLE HOLDER Filed Oct. 51, 1927 IN V EN TOR.

John wSku/tety A TTORNEY.

Patented May 29, 1928.

JOHN SKUL'IETY, 01 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINATION ARTICLE HOLDER.

Application filed October 81, 1927. Serial No. 229,902.

My invention relates to clasps and more particularly to a loss preventing device adapted for special use in connection with the pocket of the user, whereby a number of articles, ordinarily held loosely in the pocket, may be prevented from loss, and at the same time be ready for instant use.

An object of my invention accordingly is to provide a novel form of combination article holder consisting of a body portion having associated therewith a set of clasps for holding articles and also a loop for holding a pencil or fountain pen or other similar article, a loss preventing clasp, for engaging the pocket of" the user being preferably associated with the top of said body portion.

The above and further objects and advantages of my invention as hereinafter set forth, I attain by the novel construction described in the specification and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of my application.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar parts. In the draws Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevational view showing the manner in which my invention may be put to practical use,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the device, drawn upon a somewhat larger scale, illustrating the manner in which certain articles may be held in place on the device,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a rear elevational view, on a still larger scale, showing the device with articles removed therefrom, and

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of Fig. 5.

Describing my invention more in detail, my device is preferably adapted for use in connection with one of pockets of the garment of the user, though in its broader aspects is not to be limited to such use. As seen in Fig. 1 the device may be positioned in the pocket 2 of the garment 4, clasped to the outer flap of said pocket, the articles held by the device being positioned in said pocket and securely held therein and prevented from loss by the clasps presently to be described.

The device comprises a body portion (3, preferably fashioned from a blank of sheet material, such as any desired kind of resilient metal, cut to provide a pair of reversely positioned clasps 8, preferably integral with said body portion and extending from the side edges thereof. Said clasps are adapted to hold any preferred article such as the pocket comb 10, or the card or letter or other article 12, which are held in place by the resiliency of said clasps.

One edge of the body portion 6 has also extended therefrom a loop 14 ada ted to support a pencil, fountain pen or t he like, 16, and extending preferably from the upper part of said body portion is a loss preventmg element or clasp 18 having a depending clasp member 20 equipped with a cup-shaped part 22 for engaging the pocket 2.

In use the articles 10 and 12 are slipped sideways beneath the clasps 6 and the article 16 into the loop 14, after which the device is positioned in the pocket 2, with its clasp 18 having member 20, extending outwardly of said pocket.

While I have thus described my invention with great particularity, it will be celar that the same may be modified throughout a wide range. I accordingly do not propose to be limited to the exact details of construction described and claimed, but reserve the right in practice to make any and all modifications thereof that fall within the scope of the appended claims.

1 claim as my invention:

1. In a pocket article holding device comprising in combination, a body portion, a pair of article clasps on each side of said body portion, an article supporting loop extending from one edge of saidbody portion, and a pocket engaging clasp extending from the top of said body portion for preventing the loss of said device.

2. A blank for a loss preventing device for supporting articles comprising a body portion fashioned from sheet material, a pair of side extensions adapted to be reversely bent to form a pair of clasps, a third side extension adapted to be curved to form an article supporting element and a top extension adapted to be bent downwardly to form a support for said device.

3. A handy support comprising in combination a flat body portion, a pair of reversely positioned clasps on each side of said body portion, an article supporting loop extending from one of the edges of said body portion, and a downwardly depending supporting element extending from the upper part of said body portion.

4. A loss preventing device adapted to be positioned in 'thepocket of the user combod portion, and aloss preventing clasp .ex-

prising in combination a body portion, a ten ing upwardly from said body portion, 10 clasp integral with said body portion adaptand having a downwardly extending element ed to hold an article, a second clasp reversely for engaging said pocket.

5 positioned with respgclt to said first clasp and In testimony whereof I have signed my integral with said y portion and extendname .to this specification. ing on the. other sidethereof, an article hold- Y ing loop extending from one edge of said -JOHN SKULTETY. 

